Identification name plate for umbrellas



' Nov. 17,1925. "1,561,565 A. PRYIBIL, 2D

IDENTIFICATION NAME `PLAQF/OR UIBRELLAS Original Filxed Jan. 19. 1921similar to Figure 3 Patented Nov. 17, 1925.

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AppIica-tion Vfiled-f3'antler-y1I9; 1921, 4Serial No. 438;@16'.ReneWedVAprl 13,` 1.925.

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it known thatl'I, Annuler Permit, 2id-,Li a citizen of the United)yStates, residing at New Yerlr, in-the county of IYew York andA StateofNew Yorlc, have invented"certain` new and useful Improvements in'Identiii-- cation Name Plates for Umbrellas, of which the: following. isal specilicat-ion. i

This invention relates` to means for associating with` an,V umbrella,parasol'` orithe like, `aholden for an addressr ori identification card,insuch i al mannerA andlinl such-l a position that the cardwiltbefsubstantially hidden` 1 fromf. Lvi'ew in'. ordinaryy conditions'of use.

A further object-` is to provideff'or thee eqr'iipment"of! air-"umbrellaor the lill'riewith an identification or addresscard by meansatt-achabl'e to `or forming-la partJ of an element of the umbrellawhich.4 is!` concealed when the umbrella is closed? and which isleX-posedH to view from'beneatl'ii the umbrella wheny the i latter isopenedt Other objects and-aims offl the invention, more orf less!`broadV than-those stated above,` together' witlli the. advantagesinherent, will be in part obvious and in part specifically referred toincthe coursel of the following description of the` elements,combinations, arrangements of parts, and applications of principlesconstituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplatedwill appear from the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which are to be taken as part of thisspecification, and in which I have shown merely a preferred form ofembodiment of invention, Figure 1 is a central vertical section of apart of an open umbrella showing my identification card holder combinedwith a stay or brace of the umbrella: Figure 2 illustrates inperspective a separable support for an identification card, whichsupport is adapted to be frictionally held by and within a stay or braceof familiar' construction; Figure 3 is a sectional view through achanneled brace or stay, showing in end elevation an identification cardholder detachably and releasably held in position on the stay; Figure 4is a bottom plan view of the subject-'matter of Figure 3; Figure 5 is avie-w illustrating a modified means for holding an identification cardsupport in position on a stay; and Figure 6 is a side elevationillustrating the subjectmatter of Figure 5.

at flitheicentrailrod of anA umbrella, havinga cover 9', rib 10,stay orbrace 11,V all of these partsbeiirg connected together in the usualwayl7and-the brace 11? being pivoted at oneV end to. the rib 10 and? at theother end to a slide 12, which moves up and down on the central@ rod 8hIer-Figure 2I have shownla detachable card-holder`- made up from sheetmeta-hand comprising` a slideway 19- with ai card`16' thereinandanintegral Pr'ibl or 20 extend@ 'lh-ising' along the bottomof the`l`rol`d'er.- fin will be of' such width that1 it` may be forced into-the channel ofthe braceorlstay, where it--will behelfdlby friction,assuming that the interengaging p'a-rtsfare of proper relative size,ttc. In this iigure, also, I show the slideway for the card` closed at4both ends by end-pieces 18. The ends of the card are inserted/underthese stops and the card flattened down into proper position. And forthe ready removal of the card-I may provi-de acut-out 28in one of the`side wal-lsv of the slideway, throfugli whichjthe edge ofthe cardisaccessible for lifting "it up. Thisarrangement may also be used; with`the cardholders shown in `the other figures.

In Figures 5 and 6 I show a construction in'which reliance is not placedon the frictional hold, but clamp members 21 surround and bear againstboth the holder and the stay, the clamp members being held together bymeans of screw and nut connection 22.

In Figures 3 and 4 I show still another arrangement, whereby the cardholder may be held in position on the stay and readily removed therefromwhen desired. In this embodiment the card holder, indicated in a generalway at 19 and including the sort of sli-deway heretofore described,carries below it a clamp 24, which is pivoted at 25, and urged by meansof a spring 26, to the Figure 3 position. This form of the device isuseful in connection with the stays of different sizes, as will beobvious; and in order to prevent rotation of the device about the stay,I may provide a lug 27 on the bottom of the card holder which enters thechannel of the stay, in somewhat the same way as the fin 2O shown inFigure 2.

Inasmuch as the stays 11 are ordinarily positioned so that the channelsthereof open downwardly when the umbrella is open and held over theperson, it will be obvious that when a card holder such as l havedescribed is in position on the stay, the card will be visible andreadable to the person holding the umbrella. And obviously it will benormally invisible to other persons when the umbrella is open and willat all times be hidden from view when the umbrella is closed. Thearrangement shows distinct advantages over the methods heretoforeemployed of fastening a name plate or the like to the handle of anumbrella. This was dilicult because the dilerent shapes of handles areinnumerable and a standard vname plate is practically impossible.Furthermore, many persons object on aesthetic grounds to having theirnames and addresses published in such a way. The rib of an umbrellawould not serve so well as a support for the card holder because inopening the umbrella itis bowed. And the central rod will not serve,because the slide l2 moves up and down on it. And the slide itself isnot large enough to carry a card.

Inasmuch as many changes could be made in the above construction, andmany apparent widely dierent embodiments of my invention could be madewithout departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingsshall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the language used in the followingclaims is intended to cover all the generic and speciiic features of theinvention herein described and all statements of the scope of theinvention which, as a matter of language, might be said to falltherebetween.

l claim:

l. The combination with a channel brace or stay of an umbrella, of anelongated card holder comprising a slideway for a card and a fin or ribon said holder for engagement within the channel of the brace.

2. The combination with a channel brace or stay of an umbrella, of anelongated card holder comprising a slideway for a card and a fin or ribon said holder for engagement within the channel ofthe brace, and meansfor clamping the holder in position on the brace.

8. The combination with a channel brace or stay of an umbrella, of anelongated card holder comprising a slideway for a card and a lin or ribfor engagement within the channel of the brace, and spring-pressed meansfor releasably securing the holder in position on the brace.

4. The combination with a channel brace or stay of an umbrella, of anelongated card holder comprising a slideway for a card and a lin or ribon said holder for engagement within the channel of the brace, and meansfor releasably securing the holder in position on the brace.

5. The combination with a channel brace or stay of an umbrella, of anelongated card holder comprising a slideway for a card and provided withan integral tin or rib on its rear face for insertion within the channelof the brace to hold the card holder in position on the brace.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature.

ALBERT PRYIBIL, 2ND.

